explain Impact of Fascism
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The emergence of fascism after World War One led to destabilization in the European political environment. During the early 1920s, Italian fascists established a one-party regime, thereby destroying parliamentarian democracy. They served as a model for various fascist movements across Europe, among which the German national-socialist movement (Nazi) movement was the most important. There were some differences between Italian fascism and Nazism, such as the importance of anti-Semitism and racist doctrine for Nazis.
All of the European fascists hated communism and liberalism, relied on extreme nationalism, cultivated authoritarianism and militarism, conducted an arms race, planned extensive foreign conquests, and rejected democratic forms of government.
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For large numbers of Italians, an oppressive fascist regime brought economic hardship and/or a loss of basic human rights. For others fascism appeared to bring stability, well-being and national honour (epitomized in the conquest of Ethiopia in 1936) - for which authoritarian government was a price worth paying.